veracious

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Personally appeared before me, John Equity, justice of the peace, Peter Veracious, etc., etc., who, being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists, doth depose and say, viz.:

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

Veracious people," says the writer, "tell me that the Borauez, or sheep plant, grows upon a stalk larger than my thumb; it has a head, eyes, and ears like a sheep, but is without sensation.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

Veracious people will turn into the most immeasurable liars; all their conceptions will be exaggerated by their magnificent notions of distance. 

From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various

One day she read in a Veracious Newspaper that if the Left Hand of a Sleeping Person be immersed in Tepid Water, then the Sleeper will truthfully answer any Question that may be asked.

From More Fables by Ade, George

Veracious still, the son of that border appears no longer vexed as formerly.

From Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) by Doren, Carl Van